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" I don't smoke marijuana anymore. I don't drink. Marijuana is a handicap. So is alcohol. Alcohol is a terrible handicap. But in spite of being a handicap, it shouldn't be criminal. "
Gary Johnson
Alcohol
Terrible
Drink
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" We need to understand the difference between freedom of religion - which is absolutely guaranteed and I would fervently defend. Sharia law is politics; it's not religion. If you say that a woman is voluntarily going to be of lesser value than a man, which is in sharia law, can we allow that? "
Gary Johnson
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" Would this country be better off if no one drank? Yes, it would be, but we tried that; it doesn't work. I don't want to tell anybody that they can't have as many drinks as they want every single night of the week as long as they don't get behind the wheel of a car. "
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" My issue with campaign finance is 100 percent disclosure. Wear a suit with patches from your big contributors. Depending on the size of the contribution, that's how big the patch should be. "
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Contribution
" At the base of Ron Paul support, in my opinion, are people with brains. "
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" Having been governor of New Mexico, I know that legislation gets passed to benefit those who have money and influence. Then they buy more money and influence. That's one reason why, as governor, I vetoed more than 750 bills and thousands of line items. I did it to keep crony capitalism away from government. "
Gary Johnson
Money
Capitalism
Government
" I don't want to close the door that if any of us were president of the United States that we would sit idly by and watch something like the Holocaust go down. I don't want to close the door on the United States involving themselves and putting a stop to that. Can we spend money on that? Yeah, I think so. "
Gary Johnson
Think
Door
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" Politicians shouldn't spend most of their time in office trying to get reelected. "
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Office
Most
" New Mexico is the second Hollywood. No, it is, it is. They built all sorts of film studios. "
Gary Johnson
Hollywood
New
New Mexico
" Imagine a libertarian president ending impediments to free markets. "
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President
Free
Ending
" I support gay unions. I think the government should get out of the marriage business completely - leave marriages to the churches. And grant civil unions to gay couples, grant civil unions to a man and woman. "
Gary Johnson
Support
Woman
Business
" I majored in political science and English, but starting from the age of 17, I've paid for everything that I've had in my life. It was a personal choice. My parents would have helped me in any way whatsoever, but for me, you know what? I can make my own way. "
Gary Johnson
Parents
Science
Me
" I just think everything we do has an unintended consequence. We take out Saddam Hussein in Iraq, and Iraq was the check against Iran. "
Gary Johnson
Think
Check
Against
" I think the world looks down on Republicans for their socially conservative views, which includes religion in government. "
Gary Johnson
Religion
Think
World
" One of the things government should be around for is to deal with catastrophes. It should do that well. To me, that's a government function, and we shouldn't be playing political games with it. "
Gary Johnson
Me
Political
Well
" I don't want to put one innocent person to death to put 99 that are guilty to death. So philosophically I'm a tooth-for-tooth guy, but the reality is the death penalty as public policy is flawed. "
Gary Johnson
Reality
Innocent
Death Penalty
" If there were no government-guaranteed student loans, college tuition would be much lower. "
Gary Johnson
College
Student Loans
Student
" Tonight was a great opportunity to take on the political status quo that has given us trillion dollar deficits and put millions out of work. Our objective was to inject some common sense into the conversation among Republicans at a time when business-as-usual simply won't work. "
Gary Johnson
Work
Great
Dollar
" I think the government should be out of the marriage business and leave marriage to the churches. "
Gary Johnson
Business
Marriage
Government
" As I told the students every time I visited a campus, you are the director of your own movie, and if you aren't enjoying what you are doing, change it. "
Gary Johnson
Own
Doing
Change
" With regard to Trump, he's saying some things that I just think are ridiculous and would disqualify any other candidate. "
Gary Johnson
Things
Ridiculous
Think
" Millennials - who will soon be a full one-third of American adults - may be especially ready to become engaged in politics with a candidate who wants to give them a government that will leave them alone and get its finances in order so that they don't inherit an economic collapse. "
Gary Johnson
Politics
Government
American
" I love Costco. "
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Costco
I Love
" Our government should not be spying on the electronic communications of American citizens. Nor should our iPhones or Android devices be subject to unreasonable searches and seizures. "
Gary Johnson
Android
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" I don't think you'll ever hear me invoking God in anything I do. "
Gary Johnson
Hear
You
Think
" At the end of the day, Democrats go out and appeal to 30 percent of the far left; Republicans go out and appeal to 30 percent of the far right. Hey, there's a big middle ground here that's not represented. I think that, Bill Weld and myself, I think the Libertarian Party really occupies that ground. "
Gary Johnson
Day
Myself
End Of The Day
" Would the world be a better place if all drugs were legalized tomorrow? Absolutely. But pragmatically speaking, you're not going to go from the criminalization of all drugs to the legalization of drugs overnight. "
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Tomorrow
Better
Place
" Every time you pass a law, it is a little bite out of freedom. "
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Freedom
You
Time
" Regardless of my legislation, spending has to be stopped. "
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Regardless
Spending
Legislation
" I'm finding myself really angry over spending and the deficit. I'm finding myself really angry over what's happening in the Middle East, the decision to stay in Afghanistan indefinitely. I'm angry about cap and trade. And I've been on record for a long time on the failed war on drugs. "
Gary Johnson
Decision
Long
Angry
" I think we should balance the federal budget tomorrow. I'm optimistic. I think Americans are optimistic. We went to the moon; we can balance the federal budget. "
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